The tui is a New Zealand native bird. It has a white tuft under its neck, which is why in the early days it was called the parson bird.
In September there are dozens of them on my street. After all, I do live at 12 Tui Glen Drive! They come to feed on the nectar of the flowering trees.
In this piece of music the tuis can be heard calling over the music. Sometimes they sound like little bells, and other times like a truck revving or backing!
(Note: the music ends around 2’10”. For some reason there’s silence on the audio for a couple of minutes!)
Listen to the music HERE.
Weave a Web 
“Sure ’tis like the morn in Spring…”
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You lucky thing!
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Lovely. Nothing like bird song to make me haplpy.
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Delighted to have made your day haplpier!
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Beautiful song – the tui sounds like an enchanting bird.
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It’s a favourite over here – if there’s one in the garden, people always comment: “There’s a tui!”
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Love bird songs, especially in early spring. We’ve put out lots of bird houses! The tui has a very varied song!
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When you get a bunch of them singing at once it sounds a little like Amazon jungle! They can be fed with syrup but not like a hummingbird feeder – just in a bowl with an upturned bottle – like a water feeder.
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Aren’t they fun – your music was very jolly, just like they always seem to be.
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And the photo I took just out my window!
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You have a most lovely view!
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I love this! So cheerful :))
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Thank you. They’re such a merry busy bird!
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I love the way you’ve incorporated the birdsong. I’ve often used the word in crosswords. Now I know what one looks like
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Thanks, Derrick. Tui and Kea both seem to be NZ birds that make appearances into crosswords!
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Kea too. One of the most difficult Listener Setters was Kea
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Where do they possibly go when they’re not on Tui Glen Drive? – after-all, you live on an island.
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That’s a good point. Perhaps they go higher up the mountain. And, sadly, an isolated island means no hummingbirds!
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Tui Glen Drive! What a beautiful name for a street! Your music is so cheerful, like a bird’s chatter.
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Thank you! There’s an old military airport base on the street which is now divided into private properties, and the military planted rows of nectar-bearing trees for some reason.
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Beautiful view!
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They were everywhere and easy to photograph – sort of…!
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Could it be they are saying ‘tui amo’ alongside the notes of the music?
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I think they were fast approaching the nesting season!
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